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The Moon on Wednesday, July 3, 2002: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Moon age

22.5days

Moon phase on July 3, 2002Waning Crescent

Wednesday 3 July 2002403,298 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 3, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.8% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
403,298 km250,598 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 2002 is on Monday, June 24, 2002 at 21:42 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 10, 2002 at 10:26 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 2, 200217:19
New Moon (after)Wednesday, July 10, 200210:26

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Wednesday, July 3, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 10, 2002 to the new moon of July 10, 2002, a cycle of 29.44 days.